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Why Did The Pilgrims Come To New England?

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Why Did The Pilgrims Come To New England?
The Pilgrims came to New England because they wanted more land and religious freedom.
They came from the country of England.
They called this land New Plimouth because it was already named Plimouth and it was a new land to them so they named it New Plimouth.
On November 11,1620 the Pilgrims landed in North America.
The ship the Pilgrims came over on was called the Mayflower.
Two interesting facts that I learned while visiting the MAyflower’s replica was that CHristopher Jones was the captain and that the captain had a bigger cabin.
The conditions when they were traveling to New England on the ship were crammed cold, dark, wet, lots of people were seasick, tiny, and very dreadful.
The voyage took 66 days to complete.
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